NEW YORK, NY – DECEMBER 10: TV personality Wendy Williams attends the 2019 NYWIFT Muse Awards at the New York Hilton Midtown on December 10, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Lars Niki/Getty Images for New York Women in Film & Television) Wendy Williams, who has been living under guardianship and reported health issues,…
A Utah pastor known for heretical viewpoints has called for executing “rebellious” young Black men under Old Testament law, then invoked a passage prescribing death by stoning — a statement that underscored the growing overlap between the MAGA movement and extremist forms of Christian nationalism. During a recent episode of “The King’s Hall” podcast, Pastor…
Source: Scott Olson / Getty On Oct. 6, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signed a bold new executive order establishing the city’s first-ever “ICE-Free Zones,” a sweeping move to prevent federal immigration enforcement agents from using any city-owned property for operations targeting undocumented immigrants. The order is a major expansion of Johnson’s Protecting Chicago initiative, which…
The latest round in the rhetorical fight between Jimmy Kimmel, 57, and Donald Trump, 79, sees the late-night television host claiming a win. A new YouGov opinion poll shows Kimmel edging out Trump in favorability, but the numbers leave plenty of room for debate. Fans of both figures are already taking to social media to…
✕ The 2025-2026 Supreme Court term is underway, complete with cases testing the limits of presidential authority and the Court’s appetite for American fascism. At stake is the balance of power between the three branches of government, and between the federal government and the people it’s meant to serve. Given the increased polarization of the…
Source: Scott Olson / Getty Look, if the details of “Operation Midway Blitz” — the ICE raid in Chicago that had federal gents rappelling down from Black Hawk helicopters onto a residential building, terrorizing its occupants — isn’t enough to convince you that the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown is more about cruelty to brown people…
President Donald Trump was met with awkward silence when he tried to get the Navy to boo former President Barack Obama. Trump was in Virginia on Oct. 5 to commemorate the U.S. Navy’s 250th anniversary and rambled off script when speaking to a captive audience of cadets and officers at Naval Station Norfolk. While boasting…
Source: BG048/Bauer-Griffin / Getty Where is the prevailing subversive music in the Trump era? Is the scarcity merely a reflection of U.S. imperial collapse being met with the wider disgruntled masses’ inaction? The Trump administration has confronted a record number of protests, but the music of this moment is generally not reflective of the ire…
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson speaks during a press conference Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato) “They’re afraid of us uniting,” declared Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson as he defiantly condemned President Donald Trump’s “war” on Chicago. Chicago Brandon Johnson said he is praying for Donald Trump after the U.S. president threatened to invoke…
Now that O’Shea Jackson Jr. has wrapped filming for the third installment of “Den of Thieves,” he’s got time for a slight flex — literally. The actor showcased his sculpted muscles in an Instagram post on Tuesday, Sept. 30, where he detailed his timeline for reaching his fitness goals. To those who once joked he…
